Whisky and assorted quality booze

It's very difficult to pull off the 'snobby booze thing any more'. If you managed to bring in a bottle of Notch Single Malt now that would be impressive.

I'd never heard of it until the last tasting at the Cross Keys and the guy had it as a taster. It is made at a distillery in Nantucket and they don't sell it anyway outide of the distillery and possibly some local shops. They wouldn't even tell him how much it costs!!! That is proper hipster booze right there.

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These days I'm mostly drinking my Zwack Unicum that I brought back from Hungary to fulfil my weird spirit you've never heard of quota.

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I was on an evening dinner cruise on a Mississippi river paddle steamer last summer and stopped at the ship's bar for a Bourbon on the rocks. A guy asked me why I drank Bourbon when I could instead drink something of real quality like imported Jamesons Irish. I told him that maybe he could afford to pay 50 dollars a bottle for the stuff in the supermarkets but I couldn't.

Years ago I used to drink some stuff called Hackler's Poitin, it was one of those things like Absinthe which had been banned for years but had recently been reintroduced, probably around 1996. It was absolutely beautiful, like a very sweet, vanilla spirit. Haven't seen it since.

Southern Comfort makes me violently ill, had a bad experience when I was younger and can't even smell it without feeling nauseous now.

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Same thing happened to me with Heineken! I literally can't drink it now as it makes me feel sick.

On a side note: when I was about 8 I found a fiver and spent the whole lot on Cherry Coke and Caramac. The resultant projectile vomiting was unbelievable, I now can't even smell Cherry Coke without retching. I don't know if you can still buy Caramac but it would probably have the same effect.

Caramac is still available. Staypuff, I quite like it but you are probably best to avoid. I used to drink cider when younger and decided to stop after being ill a couple of times ... but it may have been to do with the quite large quantities and also consuming lager afterwards ...

Does anyone ever buy the small sample bottles from Whisky Exchange I find that they are really useful for trying out the more discerning of spirits rather than wading in and buying a £30+ bottle that's horrible.

Does anyone ever buy the small sample bottles from Whisky Exchange I find that they are really useful for trying out the more discerning of spirits rather than wading in and buying a £30+ bottle that's horrible.

"It comes from Quirky Ales, a brewery newly-established at Garforth and already making significant waves at some local beer festivals.

Once poured it looks a formidable sight, jet black with a foaming beige head and some enticing licorice aromas. But once on the palate it proves a much more benign proposition, surprisingly soft and gentle with a hint of malt. It trips light across the tongue, almost insubstantial and very refreshing and drinkable. It’s almost 5% ABV ..."